If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

In Zen there must be satori; there must be a general mental upheaval which destroys the old accumulations of intellection and lays down the foundation for a new life.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.